Mainstream Italian politicians claim to pursue the sustainable path, but their real aim is continued economic growth, explains Italian correspondent Guido Dalla Casa. Unfortunately, the Italian Green Party also has nothing ‘deep green’ about it, so no help for the planet will come out of Italy.

The state of Russian NGOs is a mirror of the state of Russian society. This means considerable atomization of Green and other citizens movements, and an inadequate understanding of present-day reality by the Russian people as a whole, writes our Russian correspondent Dr. Vladimir F.Levchenko.

Prime minister Gordon Brown, who recently took over leadership of Tony Blair’s New Labour government, is now driving through a decidedly mixed industrial agenda. Brown’s agenda gives us a clue as to where ‘middle-of-the-road’ state policy might be heading. Is the UK’s industrial strategy the shape of things to come in other countries?

Despite increasing rhetoric about the necessity for ‘going green’ to combat climate change, anti-environmental thinking and prosperity have prevented the UK Green Party from capitalising on the precipitous decline in support for New Labour under the leadership of prime minister Gordon Brown, writes UK correspondent Sandy Irvine.

Conventional party politics offers limited opportunity to achieve the depth of cultural change necessary to safeguard life on this planet. Although there is a need for political activism, even Green political parties are neither far-sighted nor bold enough to put forward a clear vision of an eco-centric society. So I’m announcing a change of focus for this site.